Why Bengaluru’s Multilingual Doctors Have a Silent Edge
In medicine, the first cure is not the pill but the word. The right medicine may take days to work, but the right word in...
Author : Dr. Brahmanand Nayak
Why Your Mobile Phone is the New Dosha Imbalance?
One evening, a man limped into my clinic, gripping his chest. His wife thought he was having a heart attack. I reached for my stethoscope, but...
The Scary Evolution of Stress: An Ayurvedic Doctor’s Reflection
My grandmother never knew the word stress. She had seven children, ten cows, an unpredictable monsoon, and a mother-in-law with a PhD in nagging. Yet...
When Social Media Becomes a Syndrome
A teenage boy once walked into my clinic and said, “Doctor, I think my brain is buffering.” He wasn’t joking. He had fallen asleep with...
What Your Dinner Does to Your Dreams?
Every dinner plate is also a movie ticket. Paneer butter masala might buy you a horror film, while moong dal khichdi gives you a lullaby. Evening...
How Emotions Affect The Practice of Medicine?
A doctor’s life is a strange syllabus. We are taught anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, but the subject that matters most—the arithmetic of human emotions—never makes it...
Parents Prepare Kids for Exams, But Forget Stress Skills
On the morning of his board exams, Arjun doubled over with stomach cramps. His parents blamed the hostel food. His grandmother muttered about “too much...
How Much Does ‘Log Kya Kahenge’ Cost Your Health?
The anxiety of “what will others think?” is perhaps India’s most popular national pastime. Forget cricket and cinema, this whisper controls our choices more than...
How Your Obsession With Good Sleep Is Keeping You Awake?
It’s 2 AM in Bengaluru. The city’s dogs are conducting their nightly orchestra, the fan hums, and you’re lying wide-eyed in bed. You glance at...
Which Cooking Oils Are Really Best for Your Health?
The war over cooking oils has moved from kitchens to newsfeeds. One week, sunflower oil is a “heart-healthy light oil.” The next is branded “toxic...